2 Samuel 3:11

3:11 Ish-bosheth ¹  was unable to answer Abner with even a single word because he was afraid of him.

2 Samuel 4:3

4:3 for the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have remained there as resident foreigners until the present time.) ² 

2 Samuel 7:3

7:3 Nathan replied to the king, “You should go ³  and do whatever you have in mind, ⁴  for the Lord is with you.”

2 Samuel 7:17

7:17 Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 8:8

8:8 From Tebah ⁶  and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities, King David took a great deal of bronze.

2 Samuel 13:27

13:27 But when Absalom pressed him, he sent Amnon and all the king’s sons along with him.

2 Samuel 13:31

13:31 Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.

2 Samuel 13:39

13:39 The king longed ⁷  to go to Absalom, for he had since been consoled over the death of Amnon. ⁸ 

2 Samuel 14:12

14:12 Then the woman said, “Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied, “Tell me.”

2 Samuel 15:26

15:26 However, if he should say, ‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate.” ⁹ 

2 Samuel 19:23

19:23 The king said to Shimei, “You won’t die.” The king vowed an oath ¹⁰  concerning this.

2 Samuel 20:5

20:5 So Amasa went out to call Judah together. But in doing so he took longer than the time that the king had allotted him.

2 Samuel 23:12

23:12 But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended ¹¹  it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

2 Samuel 23:19

23:19 From ¹²  the three he was given honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of the three.

2 Samuel 23:23

23:23 He received honor from ¹³  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

2 Samuel 24:23

24:23 I, the servant of my lord ¹⁴  the king, give it all to the king!” Araunah also told the king, “May the Lord your God show you favor!”

[3:11]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ish-bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:3]  ² tn Heb “until this day.”

[7:3]  ³ tc Several medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack this word.

[7:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “all that is in your heart.”

[7:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to all these words and according to all this revelation, so Nathan said to David.”

[8:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “Betah” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV), but the name should probably be corrected to “Tebah.” See the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:8.

[13:39]  ⁶ tc The translation follows 4QSam^a in reading רוּחַ הַמֶּלֶךְ (ruakh hammelekh, “the spirit of the king”) rather than the MT דָּוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ (david hammelekh, “David the king”). The understanding reflected in the translation above is that David, though alienated during this time from his son Absalom, still had an abiding love and concern for him. He longed for reconciliation with him. A rather different interpretation of the verse supposes that David’s interest in taking military action against Absalom grew slack with the passing of time, and this in turn enabled David’s advisers to encourage him toward reconciliation with Absalom. For the latter view, see P. K. McCarter, II Samuel (AB), 344, and cf. CEV.

[13:39]  ⁷ tn Heb “was consoled over Amnon, because he was dead.”

[15:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “as [is] good in his eyes.”

[19:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “swore to him.”

[23:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “delivered.”

[23:19]  ¹⁰ tn Or “more than.”

[23:23]  ¹¹ tn Or “more than.”

[24:23]  ¹² tc The Hebrew text is difficult here. The translation reads עֶבֶד אֲדֹנָי (’eved ’adoni, “the servant of my lord”) rather than the MT’s אֲרַוְנָה (’Aravnah). In normal court etiquette a subject would not use his own name in this way, but would more likely refer to himself in the third person. The MT probably first sustained loss of עֶבֶד (’eved, “servant”), leading to confusion of the word for “my lord” with the name of the Jebusite referred to here.